CASE of Helen's Card- STAMPlorations 5th birthday

STAMPlorations 5th birthday party going on all month. I am playing along with CASEing the STAMPgirls. 

I CASEd this card of Helen (below)

We both used:

CUTplorations: Tag O Coffee Die

ARTplorations Bubble Dance Stencil

and

STAMPlorations Sweet Spring Wishes Stamp Set

What I did differently is I moved the sentiment down to show more of the flower. I added cheesecloth. I outlined my bubbles with a black pen and added acrylic paint for the highlights. I added glitter to the center of the flower. I lastly added handmade stitching doodle to the base and sentiment panel.

I hope you were inspired by my CASE of Helen's card. I want to invite you to join me in CASEing the STAMPgirls. Link your project 

HERE

You could be one of the 5 winners to win a $50 gift certificate to STAMPlorations.

You can use this discount code at checkout for 20% off 

CASE of STAMPgirl Shery - Monochromatic butterflies easel card

Part of the STAMPlorations birthday month celebration,

 is to CASE the STAMPgirls. 

I normally don't CASE cards because I don't really like the results.

I try to, but my own style sneaks in and my card doesn't resemble

the card I tried to CASE. But I have decided in an attempt to broaden my style

I am going to CASE the other STAMPgirls.

I started with Sherry's card. I love the grungy look behind the butterflies.

On my card I used:

STAMPlorations TRENDY BUTTERFLIES

and

ARTplorations TRIBAL TRIANGLES STENCIL

My card has more layers and I added a layer of cheesecloth. 

I also wanted my butterflies to stand out so I added some

 contrasting circles of cardstock behind them. I added brads in

 the corner and made it into an easel card

with a piano keyboard

STAMPlorations 5th Birthday Celebration.- Love Today

Happy Birthday STAMPlorations. 5 years and going strong. 

This next month makes 2 years being a STAMPgirl, 

and I am loving every  minute of it.

 All this month the STAMPgirls will be sharing 3 of their favorite projects 

plus a new one just for the Birthday Celebration. 

You have the opportunity to win prizes and have fantastic deals.

Let me start by saying that picking just 3 favorites was hard,

 because I love all the projects I have made

 with my STAMPlorations stash. 

FIRST FAVORITE PROJECT

I made this tea- box using 

STAMPlorations Framed Tea Cups

and 

STAMPlorations Trendy Butterflies

SECOND FAVORITE PROJECT

I made the tag with 

STAMPlorations Blossom like a Butterfly

and 

ARTplorations Bubble Dance

THIRD FAVORITE PROJECT

 I made this card using 

STAMPlorations Blooming Buds

OK, now on to my new project, which I might have to say

it is possibly my new favorite. I made this easel card using

STAMPlorations Blossom like a Butterfly

STAMPlorations Trendy Butterflies

CUTplorations Tag O Coffee

CUTplorations Tags # 1 Nesting Dies

and

ARTplorations Bubble Dance Stencil

I used the tag die (Tag O Coffee) to cut out some floral dp. 

I used the Bubble Dance stencil and a black pen.

 (Can you tell by looking at my stencil, how much love it gets?)

After I stenciled the bubbles, I added highlights with white acrylic paint.

 I painted a line on left of bubble and put a dot in the top right hand side.

I did the same thing to the base of the card. I didn't use all the 

bubbles on the stencil, just places where I wanted it on the base.

I stamped the Blossom like a Butterfly butterfly onto a piece of cardstock.

 I watercolored it and fussy cut it out. 

I then shaped it over my fingers to give it a 3-d look.  

I used one of the Tags # 1 Nesting dies to cut out some more of the 

floral dp and black cardstock. I stamped the sentiment from Trendy Butterflies.

 I attached these tags with twine. Also used on this card, handmade roses,

 braided twine, brads, cheesecloth, pearls, pearl stick pins and clear drops.

For the inside of my card I cut a black mat and a piece of the floral dp.

 I then used my old word window punch to punch out 

white and black cardstock to make my piano. 

I hope my projects have inspired you .

Now here is where you can have fun and join in the celebration.

1)  How would you like the chance to win just because you WANT 

STAMPlorations products. And lets face it if you don't want them

 after reading my post, I didn't do a good enough job letting you know

 how great they are. All you have to do is share your wishlist.

  HERE AT THE WISH LIST -LINKY PARTY.

2) Comment on the Birthday post

  HERE.

3) Another way is to CASE any of the STAMPgirl's projects 

and linking them up 

Here at Linky for CASED cards

There are also great savings to be had right now.

There are a limited supply of $5 birthday bash  surprise bags 

worth  at least $20. You can find them

 HERE. 

There is also a FLASH SALE going on today. Order items in the FLASH SALE

 section today June 5th before 11:59 pm (pacific) you will get 50% off.

 and if you use my discount code below you can get the FLASH SALE 

items for and additional 20%.  

I don't know about you but at 70% off ...you know you want to go 

HERE

and check it out.

Like usual you can also use my discount code to get 20% off your STAMPlorations order.

Coffee on National Donut day

Spring Summer Coffee Lovers Bloghop

This will probably be my last project for the hop because there isn't enough time in my day. I can only give up so much sleep before even coffee won't be able to help. Today is also national donut day. 

Behind my little donut it looked like newsprint so made the base of my tag by taking part of my local newspaper and gluing it to card stock before cutting it out using. CUTplorations TAG O COFFEE die.

 

I added a folded up used tea bag. I added three little teal jewels and I added twine and a button to the coffee cup. I used two sizes of twine at the top.

If you like this TAG O COFFEE die, which is a super versatile set you can use this code at checkout for 20% off your order.

Coffee Lovers bloghop- pulled string art

Hello, today I combined my love of art with the coffee lovers bloghop.
Today it was my turn to be hostess for Splitcoaststampers MIX-Ability challenge. MIX279 is about Pulled String Art. 

Here is how my experiment with gold, red and pink acrylic paint on black cardstock turned out. I used embroidery floss as the string. 

This was pink gold, green and red acrylic paint on white cardstock.

Each color was pulled separately.

I really like how the paint looks but wondered how else I could experiment. I tried string (embroidery floss) that I covered with versamark ink. I pulled the string and then covered the cardstock with embossing powder and heat embossed. Doesn't this look cool?

After I did the pulled string art, I used black stazon ink and

STAMPlorations ANY WHERE THERE'S COFFEE stamp set

 

 I stamped the cup onto the pulled string art. I had done the art on white cardstock and wanted it to go with the more vintage looking papers, so I used brown markers to dye the cup. 

I added used tea bags, dyed cheesecloth, a tag with faux scrabble tiles, twine, quilled roses, pearl stick pins, and a little metal coffee cup charm

If you like  ANYWHERE THERE'S COFFEE set and would like one for your own, you can use this this discount code at check out for 20% off your order.